Animal trap



Oct. .16 1923. 1,471,090 v L.. s. BENDER ANIMAL TRAP lFiled Jan. 19, 1925 2 sheets-sheet 1 xvii A 41M@ @5vffzw,

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Patented st. 16, 1923.Y

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Lon'mn s. Bniinnnor Kansas Grrr,'yiifirsseiner.v

i ,tites ssifaj n i o ANIMAL TRAP( ,Application filed Ji'anuary 19, 19273. Serial Io. 613,594,-

Y To all whom it may concern Be ity known that Lf LONNIE Kansas Cit i inthe count vof Jackson and s State'ofli/iissouri, have invented certain new A`and useful improvements in'Animal Traps,

of which the'followingis a specification. n' lily invention relates to improvements in f traps for catching animals, fowls, etc., and one Objectis to Vprovide a trapof this 'char- Y acter in which each animal or fowl on being trapped resets the trap for the entrance of the succeeding animal, thereby rendering it unnecessary for apersonV to give the trap itattention until they entrapped animals or fowls are to be removed.

n A furtherobjec-t is to providea relatively simple trap which can bemanufactured at areasonable cost and 0 in operation.

' in" order'that the inventionrmay be fully understood, reference will now be hadlto the 1 accompanying drawings,in which:

Fig. 1V is perspective view offthetrap. Ly Fig. 2 is an enlarged broken, vertical,

- longitudinal section of the forward portion of the trap. i i Y Fig. -3 is Ya broken plan view ofthe for t0 ward portion of the trap with the hinged Vtop 4removed to show the interior mechanism.

' Fig 4 is a fragmentaryvertical cross section on line IVw-IV of Fig-.3.

online-LVV of Fig. `4g v, v

ln carrying out the invention, I,` employ ya floor 2 lupon which a cage 4 is mounted,

yconsisting of a passageway 6 'and a compartnient 8. f

slotted sheet metal panels 20 secured to saidA standards, and a hinged lid 22 to allowY access to `the baitv holder 24 and other mecha nism hereinafter described and located in said passageway 6. Y

rlhe compartment has a door 26 through which theentrapped so animals .or fowl may be removed'.

The entrance to the passageway 6 is;

controlled by a vertically slidable front door 28 mounted in the standards 12. The

door is' raised by a cable 30 running overa-` guide sheave 82 and-wound upon a druwm Y S. Barinas, 'a citizen of the United States,-residing at*- is positive andy reliable( Other ob'ect-s will hereinafter appear, and g Fig. 5'is a fragmentary horizontal section lThe passageway 6 has: anentrance 10 and v lconsists of standards 12,114, 16 and '18,

8 communicates with the rear portion of the passageway 6 andl 34 fixed upon? afshaft 36 journaled inthe standard 14 and astandardBS. f The shaft 36' isprovided with adixedlymouirtedv pinion 40 intermeshing with a largeinternal gearwlie'el 42-formed integral; 60'

engagedby `the upper endf'of the detent 48.

The 'upper rend ofthe detent 48 `is normallyy held ink the notchI 5,2 by means of ayCable 70l c k54 connected at its'lower` endv to katrip` i lever 56 provided atene end v.witha counter-` .weight 58 --for normally holding said end downwardly. A` cable .59 isv connected at n itsends to the lever- 48 and the trip-lever 7:15y i 56, lso that *tli'edatter when actuated may disengagey the former from the lnotched portion 52 of the wheel 50. v v f 60 designates a trap 'door leading from? the yrear of the passagewayA 6 intothe coin` so partnient 8.r Said trapidoor V60 is pivotally Amoiii'ited at its upper endupon a 'transverse-v y 'shaft 62 and connected at its lowerend toy fr the drumV 44 by acable 64 running betweenv a pair of guide sheaves 66'nicunted in bear- "35 'y ings 68 secured upon the floor 2(y The bait holder 24 'consists of a wire basket provided-with la lid 70 having a snap i fastener 72j to! hold it in closed position, so that yan animal entering the "trap, cannot '90 remove the ibait. The ,bait holderr 24jis suspended from fthe: shaft .62 by a hanger 74 above and at the yrear ofthe trip lever 56, sogthat an animalor fowl must step thereonY when atteniptingto reachtlie bait. Tg5 Animals and fowls are Vdirected to the ,raised yend of the trip lever 56by a wing.; Z6 in the pasageway 6 and pre-vented from passing under said raised end by a guard; consisting of kpins-78, extending upwardly 100.

'from the door 2. v

The operation is substantially `as follows: As an animal passes into-the entrance 10-to lseek thefbait in the holder 24, it is guided to the raisedend. of the triplever `56 by the 105 wing 7 6 and preventedfrom passing beneath said trip lever 56 by the pins 78. `As the animal steps upon the raised end of the ktrip lever56it depresses the same against .the

actionof the counterweight 58cand disen- 117-0 gages the detent 4S from the notch 52 of the Wheel `50, through the interniediacyl of the cable 59. The front-door 28 then drops by the forcent gravity and shuts oi the escape ofthe entrapped animal. is the compartment 8 is open to the light and the trapV door 60 is of open Wire mesh, the animall is attracted into saidcompartment 8 ,by the light. On entering the compartment 8 .the

animal raises the trap door (SO-Which auto- 1 matically reopens Vthe front door 28 through the intei'inediacy of `the cable 64, the gear Wheels 42,. and elO, and the cable 30. As the .door 28 reaches the'end of its upward movenient the notch 52 oi the Wheel 50 enga-ges the detent Vi8 and prevents thefront door 28 from closing when the trap door kr6() swingsv downwardto closed. position. OW- ingto the proportions ofthe gears L i0 and 42 andthe drums and eil, it will not be necessary to raise the trap door very Vhigh to restore the front Vdoor 28 to open position and lienre a small animal or fowl cannot enter the compartment S Without resetting the trap. Y l

From the foregoing description it ywill be understood that have provided a trap em-y bodying the advantages above pointed out,

- and while I haveshown and described the Taio preerred construction, combination and arrangement o'f parts, l reserve the right to nialre such changes as properly fall Within the spirit Vand scope of the claims.

' Having thus described my invention, what i l claim and desire to secure by Letters Patentris: I w 1.@In` a trap, a cage, a `self-closing door at .the entrance to said cage, mechanism for normallyV holding said door in open position,

an 4inclined trip lever which when depressed releases said mechanism so kthat the door may close, anda. Wing ior rdirecting an aniynaal to the raisedrend of said :trip lever.

2. In a trap, a cage, a self-closing door at the entranceto said cage, a drum, aV cable' connected to said drum and the door to hold the latter open, a Wheel geared tothe drum, a detent engaging said Wheel to hold'the vsaine stationary, a trip lever, a cable connected to said Atrip lever and the detent to hold the latter in engagement Withthe Wheel, and another cable connected to the lever and the 'detent to disengage the latter from the Wheel 'so 'that the door may close.

f 3. A trap Consisting of a passageway, a compartment intoV which said passageway leads, a self-closing door at the entra-nce to the passageway'a drum, a cable connected to said drinn and the door to held the latter open, a pinion Xed to rotate -with the drinn, a .large internal gear and drinn geared to saldpinioin a Wheel fixed to rotate with said internal gear and drum, a dctent engaging saidwheel to hold the saine stationary, a Vtrip lever opera-bly connected to said detent tedisengage the same roin the Wheel and rpermit the door toc'lose, a self-closing door leading fromthe passageway into Athe compartment, and a cable connecting the internal gear drum and the lastinentioned door whereby when the latter is opened openingoi'ithe first-mentioned door` is efthe saine from thewheel and permit the doorr vto close, a basket in the vicinity of thek trip lever for holding bait, a self-closing vdoor leading from the passageway into the vcoinpartnient, and a cable connecting the internal gear and drum and the last mentioned door whereby when the latter is openedv opening oia the irstfmentioned door is effected y n p Y w l s nftestiniony whereof Iv aflix my signature,

`in the presence ofrtivo Witnesses.

LONNIE S. BENDER. Vitnesses: Y y y L. J. FISCHER, F.C. FISCHER. 

